The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-15
Baseball Notes.

Radbourne has tNen reinstated.
The League clubs have open dates from this out.
Gilmore and Mack called the skeleton battery
at home
The Allegheny team has lost twenty nine games by
Gardner felt pretty well last night, and may appear
in to-day game.
Tony Muane has four times this season white
washed the Nets
Moffett and Myers and Casey and Mcclure will be
the batteries to-day.
Handiboe, of last years Pittsburgs. has been re-
leased by Eau Clare.
Patsy Cahill has signed to play left field with the
San Francisco Altos.
Boyle around yesterday. and will be all right
in the course of a few days.
Fred Goldsmith. once the star pitcher of the Chi.
Cages, is bar-keeper in Detroit.
At Champaign, Ill, Yesterday, the Clippers defeat
ed the Charlottesville club, 13 to 3.
In 1882 the Chcagos twenty-three successive
games. 1t is the best record ever made
The reason that Harry Wright will not leave the
Philadelphia club is because he is a stakeholder.
Casey. being n 1efthanded pitcher, brown or
Seery will lay off to-day if Gardner is in condition to
play.
IF they depend upon to win the pennant for
them said ol'rh'0n while in Boston, they will get
If Jackson is a success on first. Shonaberg will be
developed into fielder and played there perma-
nently.
Clarkson leads the strikeout record of the League
pitchers. He has made 1870 batsmen fan the air this
slug rig match in Baltimore and not reporting for
duty in time.
McGeachy has been fined 800 for insubordina
ton and his pay for the time he absent from the
club deducted.
The fine of 1925 which Arson put on Pfeffer in
New Yorkshas been RENTED, and harmony has been
restored in the club.
Undoubtedly this will be the last year of the East
ern League. The only remaining standby club the
Waterbury team, want to enter the New gland
League next season
Boston's graad stand will have seating ca
pacity of Is so in the lower circle. and of 1850 in
the upper circle. 3, $40 seats in all. When fin
ished it will be the most complete structure of the
kind in the land.
Leitner went out to the grounds yesterday anxious
been unable to bat him effectualy, but he forced
give up, every time he raj sed his he felt
severe pain in his side.
The Washington Capital figures that far from
losing money. the Washington club will really clear
about 1913 900 on the season. and this. too in spite
of local attractions bad weather in the spring
and the uneven play of the team.
Mutrie telegr aphed Alvord. third baseman of the
Des Moines Baseball club asking if he could get his
release from the Des Moines and ioin the New York
club without delay Avord carried the dispatch to the
and asked for his release but it refused
In team fielding Detroit leads with a percentage of
.924; Allegheny and New York tied for second,
.9l6; Philadelphia. g ~ Chicago. 900; Washing
team batting Detroit leads with percentage of 1885,
New York, 30; Philadelphia, 1896: Chicago, .327;
and Washington, .264.
play similar to yesterday occurred in Pitts
burg on the home clubs second visit to that city.
The ball struck Carrols bat the same as it did
Bassetts yesterday, bounded in the air, and Shom-
berg. caught it. 'but as Carroll did not hit
at it the umpire declared it a dead ball.
second later Carr ol drove in several that cost
the indianapolis club the game. Such is the luck of
aiLend club. Either way they are bound to get the
worst of it.
Umpire Valentine. who has heretofore unpired so
satisfactorily in this city doubt ponsbe for the
loss of yesterdays game. The New Yorks should
have had only four runs Gore admitted last night
that he was out at the home plate. Then Indianapo.
lis should have had more than four runs Basset did
not hit the ball which relied to Conner. 1t foot
inside the home plate and in stepping ack
being hit the ball struck Bassets bat and rolled to-
wards Conner. Bassett of courGe. did not run and
McGeachy, who was on third naturally home, as
he would have done foul or any other kind of
hit. Indeed, had he not he would have violated
OF Manager Fogel rules and would perhaps of
been fined. Conner threw the ball to Brown and Val
entine declared both out The of is that
Brown never even touched McGeachy. This makes
Valentines decision doubly wrong. Admitting that
Bassett hit the ball he should at least have given Nc
Geachy safe. Then, with Bsssett out of the way
there would have been one less out and the club
had a batting streak they would undoubtedly have
pounded out several more runs Basset swears that
he never hit at the ball, and McGeachy he can
make an affidavit that Brown never touched him